20 June 2012

I think Mr. Bao Tong has a face that is both essentially chearful and very wise and cynical. Maybe he is Jewish ? http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jun/14/china-corruption-bao-tong-interview/

One guy who had to get out of Czechoslovakia after 1967 told me that his moment of enlightenment was when both Chinese and Czech were laughing over the same political jokes

Talking about boat rocking, what about the bonus system in banking / sky high CEO compensation ? In other words there is always a place for cronies in any political system.

Wolf Biermann - In China hinter der Mauer